Lease awarded to 320 Knob Hill

The proposed assisted living facility, The Kensington of Redondo Beach

The Redondo Beach Unified School District Board of Education voted to award a ground lease to Fountain Square Development West to build an assisted senior living community on the district’s South Redondo 320 Knob Hill property.

Mall maven Mickey Marraffino makes it happen

Mickey Marraffino talks to Marjori Madura about this year’s Christmas decorations in a storage unit in the basement of the South Bay Galleria. Photo by Chelsea Sektnan

Mickey Marraffino, Regional Marketing Director of Forest City’s Western Region, based at South Bay Galleria, starts her day way before the mall walkers have time to lace up their running shoes and hit the mall floors jogging.

Redondo Beach bike plan moves forward

Proposed Redondo Beach bike routes.

The City Council voted unanimously to receive and file the Aviation Boulevard Bicycle Lane Preliminary Engineering Study final report and move forward with the South Bay Master Plan. Aviation Boulevard has been the subject of extensive studies because of the road’s automobile traffic density and its bicycle commuting possibilities. “It’s not just about bike lanes,” […]

Manhattan Beach Mayor honors Olympic gold medalists Rebecca Soni and Ricky Berens

PHOTO BY ANNA MAVROMATI From left to right: Council members David Lesser and Nick Tell, Olympic swimmer Rebecca Soni, Mayor Wayne Powell, Olympic swimmer Ricky Berens, council members Richard Montgomery and Amy Howorth.

Mayor Wayne Powell honored Olympic gold medalist swimmers Rebecca Soni and Ricky Berens, both Manhattan Beach residents, this week. The swimmers, who have been dating for three years, accepted the mayor’s “I Heart MB” award and keys to the city at Tuesday night’s council meeting. Soni and Berens both brought their gold medals to the […]

Bay League begins for fall prep teams

Bay League action got under way this week for the fall season, highlighted by Redondo’s girls volleyball team that is riding a 13-game winning streak and is ranked second in the state and third in the nation in the MaxPreps Freeman rankings. The team’s last loss came during the Durango Fall Classic when the Sea […]